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TSLL’s TOP 5 Decor posts, 2022

The journey of cultivating our sanctuary is an ongoing project of love as our life journey is never stagnant, neither than can where we call home. What brings us comfort, what brings us joy and deep interest, sometimes these change, and sometimes they simply deepen. For example the love of reading or the enjoyment of […]

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TSLL’s TOP 5 Recipes, 2022

Cooking with the seasons, learning something new each year from French cuisine, I genuinely enjoy sharing what I discover each time I step into my kitchen because if my appetite is happy after enjoying a bit of something prepared, I know you too can enjoy it as well and I want you to be able […]

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TSLL’s TOP 10 Podcast Episodes: The Simple Sophisticate, 2022

The Simple Sophisticate podcast has continued to be a favorite part of TSLL online destination for listeners and readers. This year 28 new episodes were shared with listeners and more than 800,000 episodes were downloaded: the most in the show’s history. And it is all because of listeners and readers of the show like you […]

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TSLL’s TOP 5 British-inspired posts, 2022

The birdsong in springtime. Waking up to this symphony of nature whilst staying in the English countryside earlier this year is a vivid memory I won’t soon forget (you can listen and watch this moment of many in May’s A Cuppa Moments), and it was this trip that inspired much of the British-inspired content this […]

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TSLL’s TOP 5 French-Inspired posts, 2022

France and the French culture surrounding the savoring of quality over quantity, seasonally focused dining, cooking and gardening as well as that special je ne sais quoi continues to be favorite topic discussed, shared and explored here on TSLL blog for readers and moi ☺️🇫🇷❤️. In 2022, TSLL’s 7th Annual French Week was the most […]

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Shannon’s 12 Favorite Books of 2022 & Celebrating 13 Years of TSLL!

So many readers of TSLL community are bibliophiles, a label I will gladly accept, a lover of books!, and as has become tradition here on TSLL when our anniversary arrives (13 years today!), celebrating books I loved reading over the past year are shared. Kicking off the TOP posts of the year (eight more will […]

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The Real Life & Garden Inspiration for the Cover of TSLL’s Third Book

Each of us are about to embark upon a new year, concluding 2022 and stepping into 2023. I am confident the coming new year can be full of what your heart desires and offer more to savor than you might even imagine is possible but secretly hope will come to fruition. TSLL’s third and most […]

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The Annual Joyeuses Fêtes Message to TSLL Readers from Shannon

Whether snow and cold temperatures greet you this holiday weekend or stunning sunshine and blue skies, I want to take a moment to wish the entire international community of TSLL readers a most wonderful winter holiday celebration. Over the past twelve months you have joined TSLL as it moved into its new online home, celebrated […]

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This & That: December 23, 2022

Many wonderful new films to watch over the next two holiday weekends, more than a few new books to begin your new year with a new approach, an exhibit to visit in Paris if you will be in the city in the next couple of months, wonderful sales on designer clothing and accessories, a colorful […]

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347: How to Savor Christmas at Home, Alone, Simply Luxuriously

The holiday of Christmas is a festive time that arrives a mere one week before the new year begins. The arrival of Christmas stirs up nostalgia for some, angst for others, seasonal stress for most of us and a stream of quiet hope for perhaps nearly all of us that a Christmas miracle will occur. […]

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